Given name & surname
Sima
“one who is treasured; a prize”
Sima is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is treasured; a prize.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is treasured; a prize.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
In Russian use, Sima is used as an affectionate form of Serafima.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sima through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,125
- 0 boys · 2,125 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 74 babies
- 2025
- 65
- #2,687 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +23%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 65 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,687 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 23.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (31). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,981 as a first name in 2020; 1,094 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sima’s family of names
Sima is an affectionate form of Seraphina. Sima has a related form in Syma. Sima is an affectionate form of Serafima.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sima has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Wintervariant · German
- Seraphinafull form
- Simiyavariant
- Simiavariant
- Symavariant
- Serafimafull form
- 司馬夾頭nickname
- Simahvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sima
- Sima SamarAfghanistani politicianborn 1957
- Sima BinaIranian musician, researcher, singer, painterborn 1945
- Sima Milutinović SarajlijaSerbian writer and historian (1791–1847)
- Sima MilovanovSerbian footballer and manager (1923–2002)
- Sima LozanićSerbian chemist1847–1935
- Sima ĆirkovićYugoslav and Serbian historian (1929–2009)
- Sima WaliAfghan human rights activist1951–2017
- Sima MarkovićSerbian and Yugoslav mathematician and politician1888–1939
- Sima PandurovićSerbian writer (1883–1960)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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